HUM... seems FaceBook objects to mention of the history of Europe and America in 1848.
They objected to a post I made about the research I did for my book Jonathon's POTUS COUSINS which mentions the migration that followed the social disruption in Europe in the early 1840's -- the same era when we were first raising issues with slavery and gave rise to the 1851 publication of "Uncle Tom’s Cabin."
What is it about American History that FaceBook's owners hate so much?
Do the overseers at FaceBook really believe that "Community Standards" -- the average FaceBook user -- opposes learning about the movement which gave rise to Harriet Beech Stowe writing "Uncle Tom’s Cabin?" President Lincoln said he thought she did more to free the slaves than he did -- and it was all related to the 48ers and the fact that a large number of them settled in Illinois -- where they influence Lincoln's stance also.
Seems FaceBook is COUNTER CULTURE and anti-History.
THIS IS THE POST THEY OBJECTED TO:
I've been working on a history based statistical project which introduced me to the "Forty-Eighters" (knew the "Forty-niners" but don't recall learning of 48er's) and Karl Marx.
In that context i read this: "democratic socialists believe that both the economy and society should be run democratically." That doesn't sound so bad -- running things "democratically."
But realized this is blatantantly WRONG: "But what it means is that the government would run the entire economy and society, and all decisions would be made by the political process."
I didn't see either Marx or Engles asserting the Government controls and runs everything -- that was the Russian way as taken over from the Czars.
The Marx apprach had all value derived from the workers; with the Surplus Value (that which they produce beyond their personal/family needs) being an exchange commodity used to acquaire the Surplus Value of others.
Governments might have a role in keeping order and increasing the efficiency of Value transfers, but does NOT "run the entire economy and society" -- to have it so would make the politicans the group which steals the Value Surplus and surpresses real Value as generated by workers.
Marx did, very clearly and explicitly, assert that "Capitalism" (by which he meant monolpolistica capitalism regardless of it being run by government of a class of individuals -- such as the modern 1%'ers) was doomed to implode and collapse for the same reason the American economy is now facing a turning point, or the Souther Slave economy collasped ... but the 1960's economy boomed...
America is at a political urning point, one which will determine its eco nomic future. The Modern Republicans (as oppsed to the Republicans of Lincoln & Roosevelt), are heirs to the slave economy thinking, and the November Election determines if that defines the world (world war vs 1860's era civil war). Their platform is THE MOST HARM TO THE MOST PEOPLE and Evangelicals have the backing of a Biblical interpretation for them to cause global destruction: "Death Over Life: A Prophecy of America's Destruction"
